BOSTON — In its sixth parade since 2001, Boston finally hosted a victory lap without the previously accustomed miserable February afternoon or dreary October skies from Patriots and Red Sox rolling rallies. None of that — just 75 degrees and enough sunshine to give Brian “Albino” Scalabrini a second-degree sunburn. (Wait… Actually, I didn’t even see him. Can we confirm this?)

But with the hot weather came one of the most unexpected subplots in today’s Boston Celtics NBA Championship victory parade — the emergence of… even hotter women in New England.

Just absolute smoke shows this afternoon, by far the sexiest New England sports fans I’ve ever seen. Sure, typically using the term “New England’s sexiest sports fans” would fare no better than “Northern Canada’s sexiest hairdressers,” but this afternoon was different. Seemed like all the pretty Lakers fans from southern California switched allegiances — we’ve seen this before; why not go both ways? Regardless, it was a huge delightful surprise to the rest of us after spending the past five parades — tough life, I know — in Northface winter parkas. (Side note: At the Patriots’ 2004 parade, I did see a pair of nicely plush pair of tits. Her husband started the “show us your tits” chant).

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Editor’s Note: The Sports Culture will be blogging live from Boston tomorrow afternoon for the Celtics victory parade. I just keep telling myself: It’s five o’clock somewhere.

Close doesn’t count, only in horseshoes, hand granades and guessing parade routes. TitleTown will host its sixth parade in seven years Thursday at 11 a.m., after nearly plagiarizing TSC’s Mock Parade Route 4.0.

And unlike TSC’s recent discovery of Bad Stuff Always Happens at 3 a.m., I have a feeling that our “Good Stuff Always Happens at 11 a.m.” hypothesis should go through the scientific formula. After all, any hour that includes a whole 6o seconds to make a wish (11:11) should instantly pull mad props to a Goodness Hour.

Regardless, here’s the parade route and information.

Looks like Barstool Sports already printed banner No. 17, and de-facto-Level-10-jynx Dan Shaughnessy already declared it a lock, so why not map out a parade route using the Google Maps machine:

And to your right, the obligatory front-page A1 parade feature photo. Eerily similar to the roles Manny and Dougie played in this photo, use a little sense of imagination here:

Caption:

Boston Celtics captain Paul Pierce (foreground) holds up a fan’s sign at yesterday’s rolling rally on Boylston Street, while token white bench substitute Brian Scalabrine (background) pumps his fists in joy, as the Celtics celebrated their first NBA Finals Championship since 1986. (Barry Chin / Boston Globe Photo).

Not only has Boston yet to host a parade in warm weather (damn those 40 degree afternoons of shitty weather in October and February), but neither the Red Sox or Patriots have clinched a championship in Beantown. (World Series: St. Louis, Denver; Super Bowl: New Orleans, Houston, Jacksonville, Arizona).

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